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Matriarchal genetic population structure of North American beluga whales Delphinapterus leucas (Cetacea: Monodontidae).
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 1997
Brown Gladden J G, Ferguson M M, Clayton J W
Abstract excerpt
The North American beluga whale Delphinapterus leucas population has been divided into a number of putative geographical stocks based upon migration routes and areas of summer concentration. Nucleotide sequences of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region were used to assess whether these geographical stocks are genetically distinct. Beluga whale samples from 25 sites were collected primarily from aboriginal...
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